This SAE Recommended Practice applies to fifth wheel kingpins for heavy-duty commercial trailers and semitrailers, used for off highway operation or in hauling heavy loads (see Figure 1.)
Rationale:
The Truck and Bus Coupling & Interchangeability Committee which owned this report has been inactivated and the technical expertise for the subject report within the Truck-Bus Council is not available at this time. This standard has been transferred to the Total Vehicle Steering Committee to stabilize the standard.
Related Topics:
Buses
Trucks
Trailers
Wheels
Documentation
Roads and highways
Also known as: SAE J 848
SAE MOBILUS
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